# List of invasive species in Africa

Invasive species found in Africa include:

## Plants

* Acacia species (Australian wattles)
* Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)
* Caesalpinia decapetala (Mauritius thorn)
* Cereus jamacaru (Queen of the Night cactus)
* Chromolaena odorata (Triffid weed)
* Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)
* Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalyptus or gum trees)
* Hakea spp.
* Lantana camara
* Melia azedarach (Persian lilac, chinaberry)
* Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot's feather)
* Opuntia spp. (Prickly pear)
* Pereskia aculeata
* Pinus spp. (Pine)
* Prosopis spp. (Mesquite)
* Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant)
* Rubus spp. (Bramble)
* Salvinia molesta (Kariba weed, giant salvinia)
* Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)

## Tunicates

* Ciona intestinalis (sea vase)

## Annelids

* Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Australian tubeworm)
* Boccardia proboscidea (shell worm)

## Molluscs

* Aplexa marmorata (marbled tadpole snail)
* Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail)
* Cochlicella barbara (potbellied helicellid)
* Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
* Deroceras invadens (tramp slug)
* Deroceras laeve (marsh slug)
* Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail)
* Limax flavus (yellow slug)
* Milax gagates (greenhouse slug)
* Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel)
* Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster)
* Pseudosuccinea columella (mimic lymnaea)
* Semimytilus algosus (Pacific mussel)
* Tarebia granifera (quilted melania)
* Theba pisana (white garden snail)
* Zonitoides arboreus (quick gloss)

## Crustaceans

* Carcinus maenas (European shore crab)
* Cherax quadricarinatus (redclaw crayfish)
* Limnoria quadripunctata (gribble)
* Percnon gibbesi (Sally Lightfoot crab)
* Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish)
* Procambarus virginalis (Marbled crayfish)

## Arachnids

* Phalangium opilio

## Insects

* Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
* Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly)
* Aleurothrixus floccosus (woolly whitefly)
* Aleurotrachelus atratus (palm-infesting whitefly)
* Anopheles stephensi
* Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant)
* Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid)
* Aulacaspis yasumatsui (cycad aulacaspis scale)
* Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly)
* Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly)
* Bactrocera invadens (Asian fruit fly)
* Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly)
* Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly)
* Cactoblastis cactorum (cactus moth)
* Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)
* Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly)
* Chionaspis pinifoliae (pine needle scale insect)
* Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid)
* Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
* Cosmopolites sordidus (banana root borer)
* Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite)
* Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid)
* Diuraphis noxia (Russian wheat aphid)
* Eulachnus rileyi (pine needle aphid)
* Euwallacea fornicatus (tea shot hole borer)
* Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips)
* Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle)
* Hylastes ater (black pine bark beetle)
* Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle)
* Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)
* Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
* Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer)
* Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug)
* Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine engraver)
* Phenacoccus manihoti (cassava mealybug)
* Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug)
* Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid)
* Polistes dominula (European paper wasp
* Prostephanus truncatus (larger grain borer)
* Pseudococcus calceolariae (Citrophilus mealybug)
* Sirex noctilio (Sirex woodwasp)
* Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm)
* Technomyrmex albipes (white-footed ant)
* Thaumastocoris peregrinus (bronze bug)
* Trialeurodes ricini (castor bean whitefly)
* Trichomyrmex destructor (destructive trailing ant)
* Vespula germanica (European wasp)
* Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant)
* Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer)
* Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer)
* Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer)

## Fish

* Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp)
* Cyprinus carpio (common carp)
* Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish)
* Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish)
* Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp)
* Lates niloticus (Nile perch)
* Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill)
* Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass)
* Micropterus floridanus (Florida bass)
* Micropterus punctulatus (spotted bass)
* Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass)
* Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia)
* Perca fluviatilis (European perch)
* Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (vermiculated sailfin catfish)
* Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
* Tinca tinca (tench)

## Amphibians

* Amietophrynus gutturalis (guttural toad)

## Reptiles

* Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle)
* Gehyra mutilata (stump-tailed gecko)
* Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)
* Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko)
* Tarentola mauritanica (Moorish wall gecko)
* Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans (red-eared slider)

## Birds

* Acridotheres tristis (common myna)
* Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)
* Columba livia (rock dove)
* Corvus splendens (house crow)
* Fringilla coelebs (common chaffinch)
* Passer domesticus (house sparrow)
* Psittacula krameri (rose-ringed parakeet)
* Quelea quelea (red-billed quelea)
* Sturnus vulgaris (common starling)
* Tyto alba (western barn owl)

## Mammals

* Ammotragus lervia (Barbary sheep)
* Canis lupus (feral dog)
* Capra aegagrus (wild goat)
* Dama dama (fallow deer)
* Equus africanus (feral donkey)
* Felis silvestris (feral cat)
* Funambulus palmarum (three-striped palm squirrel)
* Hemitragus jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr)
* Herpestes javanicus (small Asian mongoose)
* Macaca fascicularis (crab-eating macaque)
* Mus musculus (house mouse)
* Myocastor coypus (coypu)
* Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit)
* Ovis orientalis (mouflon)
* Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)
* Rattus rattus (black rat)
* Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew)
* Sus scrofa (wild boar)